On
August 22, 2017, at about 9:55 p.m., officers with the Eureka Police
Department responded to Highway 101 just north of the Slough Bridge
for the report of a male throwing rocks at a broken down vehicle. A
female locked inside the vehicle reported that the male came out of
the nearby greenbelt and was making threats and throwing rocks.

Officers
contacted the male, 59 year old Reed Tardy, in the greenbelt near the
broken down vehicle. Tardy exited a tent and immediately began
swinging his fists at officers. Tardy had a small screwdriver
clinched in his fists and continued to violently resist. An officer
deployed his Taser and ultimately got Tardy in custody. During the
struggle, one officer received a minor scratch on his bicep from the
screwdriver.

Tardy
and the injured officer were treated and medically cleared by
hospital staff. Tardy was then transported and booked into the
Humboldt County Correctional Facility for resisting arrest, assault
with a deadly weapon on a police officer, criminal threats, and
vandalism.